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Debian Bookworm: DSA-5872-1 moderate: xorg-server privilege escalation

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2025
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5432-1 provides essential patches for vulnerabilities found in the X server.
Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered several vulnerabilities in the Xorg X server, which may result in privilege escalation if the X server is running privileged
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security advisory security issue update software update debian privilege escalation moderate severity xorg xorg-server

Summary

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in
version 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u9.

We recommend that you upgrade your xorg-server packages.

For the detailed security status of xorg-server please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xorg-server

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/




Package: xorg-server
CVE ID: CVE-2025-26594 CVE-2025-26595 CVE-2025-26596 CVE-2025-26597

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update software update debian privilege escalation moderate severity xorg xorg-server

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